Joe

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #991 for boys in 2025, 230 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#20
1880 · 731 births
Debut · boys
1880
731 births
In top 100 · boys
92 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
453,255
since 1880

Joe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #20, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#991230
2024—#882272
2023—#909256
2022—#895262
2021—#794310
2020—#728337
2019—#707350
2018—#696347
2017—#684365
2016—#619434
2015—#597460
2014—#567490
2013—#555476
2012—#526499
2011—#490536
2010—#453592
2009—#453607
2008—#408725
2007#17,6365#402732
2006—#368816
2005—#370800
2004—#344826
2003—#327899
2002—#310922
2001#13,5216#302965
2000—#315920
1999—#295972
1998#14,1225#2851,011
1997#12,0706#2761,013
1996#7,57411#2651,058
1995#8,07910#2601,078
1994#11,7786#2431,203
1993#10,5887#2311,255
1992#8,06510#2201,393
1991#7,98710#2131,464
1990#7,30311#2101,460
1989#5,04917#1951,494
1988#4,30820#1871,472
1987#4,12220#1841,488
1986#3,64523#1731,535
1985#3,51724#1701,591
1984#3,61322#1671,592
1983#3,80620#1631,614
1982#4,02519#1491,872
1981#2,65734#1491,860
1980#3,85320#1401,990
1979#2,99728#1361,965
1978#2,30539#1282,039
1977#2,16243#1282,124
1976#2,38734#1172,170
1975#2,16939#1162,239
1974#1,82048#1132,346
1973#1,85745#1052,522
1972#1,65554#1002,825
1971#1,64056#1013,149
1970#1,47468#903,570
1969#1,38569#833,617
1968#1,22380#853,522
1967#1,39962#853,717
1966#1,09692#744,334
1965#1,22677#714,833
1964#1,16390#625,821
1963#1,12694#586,379
1962#1,066102#596,793
1961#1,049109#607,056
1960#934130#577,314
1959#826154#577,389
1958#796159#567,065
1957#760172#576,767
1956#685196#636,124
1955#694183#685,856
1954#620215#675,873
1953#646191#665,797
1952#670174#625,892
1951#613196#575,824
1950#591204#546,033
1949#567217#526,535
1948#585203#477,288
1947#564227#437,904
1946#532220#377,536
1945#526194#366,625
1944#510201#337,062
1943#488230#357,308
1942#480236#337,383
1941#459226#307,158
1940#454217#287,216
1939#428249#277,189
1938#433239#287,438
1937#434226#247,745
1936#413243#238,023
1935#429224#257,555
1934#399265#267,090
1933#406250#276,411
1932#421244#296,690
1931#430228#296,456
1930#417249#276,873
1929#447218#306,596
1928#471212#306,682
1927#458231#306,542
1926#475212#336,338
1925#570158#346,107
1924#610151#356,044
1923#612143#356,003
1922#588149#356,089
1921#629137#366,204
1920#617134#356,071
1919#614130#355,709
1918#666114#345,805
1917#69997#355,142
1916#679101#354,911
1915#611114#384,648
1914#66177#343,712
1913#65962#372,806
1912#60865#362,515
1911#64145#291,449
1910#65842#251,553
1909#58743#231,292
1908#67832#241,209
1907#69430#231,177
1906#54142#251,020
1905#66428#231,024
1904#88017#23959
1903#66625#24895
1902#60030#23955
1901#91813#27756
1900#61133#221,179
1899#75618#24780
1898#75020#29827
1897#62724#26798
1896#95012#27767
1895#57827#28763
1894#60923#28741
1893#57124#28721
1892#90811#23819
1891#57221#29584
1890#57820#28682
1889#60018#25709
1888#51224#23789
1887#73310#21685
1886#57215#21759
1885#62912#25681
1884#61412#22759
1883#48016#26607
1882#47515#23739
1881#53910#23639
1880#8365#20731
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Joe was already there! It came in at #20, and was given to 731 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 340 boys a year got the name.

Where Joe is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #64 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 249 boysAKMaine: #173 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,440 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedNHWashington: #72 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 289 boysWAIdaho: #57 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 203 boysIDMontana: #52 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 210 boysMTNorth Dakota: #100 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 517 boysNDMinnesota: #82 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 407 boysMNIllinois: #75 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 391 boysILWisconsin: #87 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 536 boysWIMichigan: #87 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 434 boysMINew York: #138 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 943 boysNYMassachusetts: #123 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,275 boysMARhode Island: #120 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,216 boysRIOregon: #64 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 250 boysORNevada: #38 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 153 boysNVWyoming: #41 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 157 boysWYSouth Dakota: #91 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 434 boysSDIowa: #80 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 360 boysIAIndiana: #72 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 335 boysINOhio: #87 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 467 boysOHPennsylvania: #110 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 785 boysPANew Jersey: #102 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 695 boysNJConnecticut: #125 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,043 boysCTCalifornia: #51 for boys · 756 births · 1 in 248 boysCAUtah: #82 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 315 boysUTColorado: #46 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 201 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 438 boysNEMissouri: #55 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 253 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 280 boysKYWest Virginia: #93 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 448 boysWVVirginia: #115 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 599 boysVAMaryland: #113 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 595 boysMDDelaware: #128 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 722 boysDEArizona: #30 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 141 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 113 boysNMKansas: #80 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 332 boysKSArkansas: #39 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 163 boysARTennessee: #51 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 201 boysTNNorth Carolina: #84 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 379 boysNCSouth Carolina: #54 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 228 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #145 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 772 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 150 boysOKLouisiana: #101 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 417 boysLAMississippi: #35 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 155 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 201 boysALGeorgia: #53 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 216 boysGAHawaii: #171 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 733 boysHITexas: #13 for boys · 1,203 births · 1 in 96 boysTXFlorida: #63 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 302 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#13 · 1 in 96
  2. New Mexico#21 · 1 in 113
  3. Arizona#30 · 1 in 141
  4. Mississippi#35 · 1 in 155
  5. Oklahoma#38 · 1 in 150

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 1926.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#131,2031 in 96
New Mexico#211081 in 113
Arizona#301181 in 141
Mississippi#351671 in 155
Nevada#38241 in 153
Oklahoma#381501 in 150
Arkansas#391191 in 163
Wyoming#41191 in 157
Alabama#461741 in 201
Colorado#461041 in 201
California#517561 in 248
Tennessee#511901 in 201
Montana#52331 in 210
Georgia#532181 in 216
South Carolina#541181 in 228
Missouri#551761 in 253
Idaho#57311 in 203
Florida#631771 in 302
Kentucky#631181 in 280
Alaska#64131 in 249
Oregon#64651 in 250
Indiana#721531 in 335
Washington#721001 in 289
Illinois#752761 in 391
Iowa#80781 in 360
Kansas#80621 in 332
Minnesota#82951 in 407
Utah#82361 in 315
North Carolina#841331 in 379
Michigan#871981 in 434
Ohio#872211 in 467
Wisconsin#87821 in 536
Nebraska#91351 in 438
South Dakota#91171 in 434
West Virginia#93381 in 448
North Dakota#100131 in 517
Louisiana#101951 in 417
New Jersey#102891 in 695
Pennsylvania#1101391 in 785
Maryland#113551 in 595
Virginia#115721 in 599
Rhode Island#12071 in 1,216
Massachusetts#123431 in 1,275
Connecticut#125251 in 1,043
Delaware#12871 in 722
New York#1381851 in 943
District of Columbia#145191 in 772
Hawaii#171101 in 733
Maine#17371 in 1,440
New Hampshire———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Joe
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 109 spots since 2024 (#882 → #991)
  • 263 spots since 2020 (#728 → #991)
  • 394 spots since 2015 (#597 → #991)
  • Biggest jump: 27 spots in 2024 (#909 → #882)
  • Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2025 (#882 → #991)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #20 (731 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 137 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 125
  • Highest: 1 in 125 boys born in 1907 were named Joe (0.80%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,426 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #20 in 1880, was only 1 in 151 (0.66%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Joe (72,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,098#20 (1880)#23
1890s7,482#23 (1892)#27
1900s10,466#22 (1900)#24
1910s38,250#25 (1910)#34
1920s62,676#30 (1928)#33
1930s71,470#23 (1936)#27
1940s72,015#28 (1940)#37
1950s62,620#54 (1950)#61
1960s53,386#57 (1960)#69
1970s24,949#90 (1970)#113
1980s16,508#140 (1980)#168
1990s11,907#210 (1990)#250
2000s8,212#302 (2001)#360
2010s4,549#453 (2010)#589
2020s1,667#728 (2020)#867

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Joe in 1963

girls
#1,126
94 births · 1 in 20,505 girls
boys
#58
6,379 births · 1 in 318 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #1,126Joe94

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #58Joe6,379
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 20,505 of them was named Joe, which outranked 85.3% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joe
  1. #1,119Nilda95
  2. #1,119Suzann95
  3. #1,119Valentina95
  4. #1,126Joe94
  5. #1,126Andra94
  6. #1,126Bobby94
  7. #1,126Dorthy94
  8. #1,135Caryl93
  9. #1,135Marlena93
  10. #1,135Nicolette93

Tied with 8 names at #1,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 318 of them was named Joe, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joe
  1. #55Danny7,101
  2. #56Alan6,935
  3. #57Russell6,703
  4. #58Joe6,379
  5. #59Chris6,328
  6. #60Gerald6,156
  7. #61Vincent6,152
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →